Prior to leaving for Italy, I suffered a minor setback by fracturing my left index finger while training in BJJ. It was just a freak accident. We weren’t going hard. We weren’t uncontrolled. I just planted my hand, shifted my weight, and felt a ‘pop’ in my hand.
Since I was still able to flex it, I simply taped it up and continued to train. I knew something was wrong when my hand didn’t have any strength and I couldn’t grip anything with vigor. I thought, at worst it was just a sprained ligament or strained tendon, but later on in the day it swelled up massively and I couldn’t move it at all.… Read More